I want to see.

“I want to see everything.”

That’s our three-year-old grandson, Ben. He walks into the garage. He walks into my study. He looks around. He gestures. And he says, “I want to see everything.”

Often, seeing everything includes seeing with his hands.

And then starts the process of distraction, redirection, explanation, experimentation, education, and resolution.

The latter, resolution, is for me. “Before he comes the next time, put that away, put that out of sight.”

And I usually f...